Immigration Now: Legal Options with DACA
On September 28th, the Biden administration proposed a rule that would finally solidify the DACA program, making it less prone to legal attacks.
Immigration Now: Deportation Priorities and Opening the Border
The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced Biden’s new immigration enforcement priorities. On September 30, 2021, Secretary Mayorkas announced the release of the “Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law” explaining that these guidelines reflect the government’s goal to better focus the Department’s resources on the apprehension and removal of...
Immigration Now: Family Benefits through Military Service
Parole-in-place allows a foreign national related to a member of the U.S. military, to stay and work in the US for a certain period.
Immigration Now: COVID-19 Vaccine Required for Green Card Applicants
The CDC issued an order which requires most new green card applicants to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and be fully vaccinated.
Immigration Now: Biden Immigration Changes
Much is changing within U.S. immigration policy and procedures. The Biden administration is making changes to many Trump era policies.
Immigration Now: Property Ownership and Immigration Status
There are no legal barriers to property ownership in the United States at all. Immigration status is irrelevant.
Legal Challenges to Biden’s Immigration Policies
Although many changes have been announced by the Biden administration for immigration, it is important to remember that it takes time for the government to create the process or to change the law. There was lots of excitement when President Trump made the executive order to create protections for Venezuelans living in the U.S., but so far, President Biden has not officially committed his...
Venezuelan Protections and Biden’s Executive Orders
Now that Biden is officially the president, his first 100 days has started and he has made some good progress in the area of immigration through several executive orders
The Biden Immigration Plan
Although much of the country is still focused on getting the official election results, it is quite clear that President Trump was not re-elected. Once everything is official, what can we expect from president-elect Biden? Well, not unlike every modern president for the last several decades, Biden has expressed interest in making immigration reform a priority. Also like all other...
Will Election Results Bring Relief to the Immigration System?
Despite the ongoing challenges to the election results by President Trump, his loss has provided many immigrants and immigration advocates the sigh of relief they had been hoping for after four long years under the anti-immigrant atmosphere of the Trump administration. The big question on the minds of most immigrants and advocates alike is whether the change in presidents will improve...